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CoAP

Definition

Constrained Application Protocol (RFC 7252). A RESTful protocol over UDP on port 5683 (or 5684 with DTLS), designed for constrained devices that cannot afford HTTP overhead. Supports GET/POST/PUT/DELETE on URI-style resources.

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